O’s boss discusses players out of contract and his responsibility following relegation

Orient fans at the end of their match at
Swindon after relegation is confirmed (pic: Simon O'Connor)

Leyton Orient manager Fabio Liverani admits he doesn’t know what will happen to the players out of contract at Brisbane Road this summer.

12 players could be free to leave E10 for pastures new if they wish, excluding the four loan players who will be returning to their parent clubs, following O’s relegation to League Two.

That will leave Liverani with a big rebuilding job in the summer if he can’t convince the likes of Chris Dagnall, David Mooney, Josh Wright, Marvin Bartley, Scott Cuthbert as well as others to renew terms for next season.

“Now we have to drown ourselves in our sorrows or however you say it in English and this week I will meet with the chairman and the situation will be clearer for the future.”

When Liverani will meet Becchetti isn’t known, but the O’s supporters want him out judging by their reaction at the weekend

The Italian manager was quizzed following Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Swindon Town why the players had underachieved so heavily following optimism last summer.

Orient's Dean Cox looks dejected at full time after relegation is confirmed (pic: Simon O'Connor).

Orient came so close to earning promotion to the Championship in the 2013/14 campaign so another title challenge was expected this year, but instead they finished 23rd and were relegated.

Liverani added: “Of course the objective initially was to avoid relegation but it didn’t go that way.

“When you get relegated everyone at the club is responsible for what happened. Of course, me as the manager, I’m the most responsible of everyone so I take my responsibility and it is a very sad day for me.

“But with regard to being one of the highest paid teams in the league, I would say all the players were brought in before my arrival.

“This is one responsibility I can not take because the fact is that this squad has been built by other people before me.”

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